Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-11


 The Paris correspondent of the London Times now asserts that because the Panama company has been forced to pay so heavily for it's loans the canal will be opened for use before the width or depth required by the plans shall have been obtained, and adds that this premature opening will take place not later than three years hence The facts all point the other way.
 In the epistle sent to the saints in confer ence by President Woodruff, who recently became the official head of the Mormon church, he completely ignores the recent ac- tion of the constitutional convention as to polygamy, urging the Mormons to be true to their faith. And yet we are told by the mi nority of the Utah commission that the Mor- mons really going to abandon polygamy.
 Among the recent inventions to make trav- cling by rail more safe is what Is termed the anchor brake The plan involved in this case is that of having an anchor to drop from the rear end of train and engage with the ties. Provision for preventing the bending of the ties under the strain brought upon them might, it is suggested, be devised as simply as for the axles, and by having good long spring to ease the shock when the an chor came to bearing, in addition to the relief which would come from the draw springs of the entire train without any ex- pense at all, train might easily be brought to a stop within fifteen or twenty feet from an ordinary passenger speed if nothing gave way. It seems, however, quite probable that something would.
 The call which has been issued "to the Christian public," signed by the leading cler- 0ymen of the country, and to be extensively circulated, for general conference of all l evangelical Christians to be held in December at Washington says that the need for such 8 conference is found in the "momentous crisis | in the history of the nation" and in the i'm portance of closing the widening chasm be- tween the church and the multitude, with this additional averment: "Popular educa- ten has multiplied wants and created tastes which wealth has not been sufficiently dis tributed to gratify, hence growing discon- tent among workingmen, which in prosperous times is an i'll omen, suggesting grave ques- tions concerning the next financial panic and the consequent industrial depression"
 The managing Democrats of Baltimore do business frankly. The following advertise ment has been published in Baltimore paper:
 Democratic candidates for any State or municipal office who desire to be voted for at either of the primary elections to be held by order of resolutions of the Democratic city convention on September 27 or on October 4, 1887, respectively, are hereby notified that in accordance with the terms of said resolu- tions they are required to inform the chair man of the executive committee, room 6,
 Hoen building, at or before o'clock p. m.
 Tuesday, September 20, the office for which such person is 6 candidate, his residence and
 ward; at which time he will be advised of the
 amount assessed for the expenses of such
 elections and the time limited for the pay ment of the same.
 Any person falling to comply herewith will not be eligible to be voted for as candidate